The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-28

As general rule there is very little cot
! ton planted in the vicinity CT Lumber City.
/ The melon business, which was engaged in
: very extensively last year, III that neighbor-
hood, is given the go-by, as nearly oil the
/ growers lost on the last crop The fruit
/ crop will be good X it does not fail in ripen-
! ing. " ool-growers are realizing good prices
on their staple, though there is considerable
, complaint Of loss OF sheep from last year
| fully one-third Shorthand increase poor.
! There seems to be disease among sheep, as
they are dying in the woods yet. This. in
connection with dogs and hogs, Trims their
ranks very much.
David G. Adams, Of Fort Gaines, has been
enloined from collecting any toll what
ever, to any person OF persons and their
conveyanceS and vehicles, bringing 70 the
market Of Fort Gaines, for sale, across the
bridge, described IN the bill known as the
Fort Gaines Bridge, in any quantity what
ever or in returning from said market after
bringing any of said articles for sale; any
corn, cotton, fodder, rye, oats wheat or
potatoes and in any quantity TO the value
OF 50 or more; any peas, syrup, cotton seed,
eggs, beef. mutton, pork, bacon, poultry,
fruit, or any other country produce of any
kind or description whatever"
Z. H. Evans, of Oak Grove, has an acre
of land which he has prepared and put in
order for making cotton. He hauled out
sixty two horse wagon loads of compost on
it. In March be hauled twenty of them,
broadcasting it, and then took three-inch
scooter, breaking the land as close as pos
sible In April he put on forty loads, max
ing the sixty altogether, and broke the land
with four-inch scooter twice aud then
took a subsoil and SUBSIDIZED it. He then laid
off the rows and used about 800 pounds of
guano. and then planted it. He said last
week that his e3tton was fine. Mr.. Evans
hftalrS ,laIl 4fas~ hn wiz al
him two bales OF colt -
The Malmaison fruit farm of o. A Cleft
and I. o. Skellie, lies one mile southeast of
Powersville. They have an orchard of 5000
| trees. The farm is neatly arranged, the
road running centerly through the orchard,
and borvlered with the red Astrachan APP
pie. They have 400 trees OF that variety,
LOO wild goose plums, 1,500 peach trees,
and several different varieties of apples and
pears. The orchard is now in its fourth
years growth, and is very promising On
325 liberia peach trees they have a full
crop of peaches. Also on the Alexander
they have good crop, which will be ready
to ship in a few days All varieties of
peaches were killed, except the above men
toned
The Atlanta young men are very enter
prising-i- e., some of them. A respectable
young lady of that city complained the
other day to Capt. Grim that young man
who had heen recently paying attentions to
her had obtained license for their marriage
without her consent, and was industriously
exhibiting it to her personal friends and
| falsely representing that the wedding was
soon to take place. She earnestly asked
him if he could stop it, and he replied that
he thought he could. The young man was
soon found, and after brief conversation,
he took the license out of his pocket and
tore it up in presence Of the officer, promis-
ing to say no more about wedding the young
lady until he had first gained her consent.
| The dwelling house of Mr.. Fill, of Muir
ray county, was struck by lightning
| recently. During the prevalence of a thun-
| derstorm the family with Miss Dunlap,
| who was visiting them had assembled in
! one room, and were all seated near the fire.
| place. Suddenly every person in the room
| was Frustrated by binding flash of light
ming, which had struck the chimney and
| come down into the room, tearing out the
| chimney jam and ripping up portions of the
| flooring. Though considerably daZed, all of
| them, with the exception of Miss Dunlap,
| regained consciousness after a while. That
| young lady had been seated nearest the fire.
place. and was badly shocked by the terrific
bolt Of electricity For long time she lay
like one dead, and though the family freely
used restoratives, and chafed her hands and
| body vigorously, it was several hours before
she was finally brought back to conscious
| ness. For several days thereafter she was
unable to leave her bed. The charge of
electricity blackened her body, burned her
dress, and tore her shoes completely off.